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Sam McDowell

Game Log for 1970
Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Apr 07 L, 2-8 vs Orioles Start 6.1 3 25 3 3 0 5 0 11 4.26 L (0-1) CLE Apr 12 (1) W, 2-1 at Yankees Start 1 9.0 5 37 1 1 0 3 0 10 2.35 W (1-1) CLE Apr 18 W, 9-4 vs Senators Start 2 9.0 8 38 4 3 0 5 0 10 2.59 W (2-1) CLE Apr 22 L, 0-5 vs Tigers Start 6.0 6 26 4 3 1 2 0 1 2.97 L (2-2) CLE Apr 27 W, 5-1 at Twins Start 3 9.0 6 39 1 1 0 5 0 8 2.52 W (3-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE May 02 L, 3-4 at Royals Start 8.1 5 41 3 3 0 8 2 10 2.64 CLE May 06 L, 1-2 at White Sox Start 4 8.1 5 30 2 1 1 2 0 15 2.41 L (3-3) CLE May 10 W, 5-4 vs Twins Start 8.1 9 36 4 4 1 2 0 8 2.66 W (4-3) CLE May 15 W, 3-0 at Red Sox Start 5 1 9.0 3 29 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.33 W (5-3) CLE May 20 W, 7-2 vs Red Sox Start 6 9.0 4 34 2 2 1 3 0 10 2.30 W (6-3) CLE May 24 (1) L, 5-6 vs Yankees Start 7.0 12 33 5 5 1 1 0 7 2.62 CLE May 29 W, 2-1 at A's Start 7 9.0 2 31 1 1 1 3 0 13 2.47 W (7-3) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Jun 02 (1) W, 4-1 at Brewers Start 8 9.0 2 30 1 1 0 1 0 8 2.35 W (8-3) CLE Jun 06 L, 1-2 at Angels Start 5.0 6 22 1 1 0 2 0 5 2.32 L (8-4) CLE Jun 11 W, 6-5 vs A's Start 7.0 8 30 4 4 2 2 0 9 2.49 CLE Jun 15 W, 3-2 vs Angels Start 9.0 6 37 2 2 0 5 0 4 2.45 CLE Jun 19 W, 4-2 vs Tigers Start 9 9.0 4 32 2 2 2 4 0 5 2.42 W (9-4) CLE Jun 24 (1) W, 7-2 at Yankees Start 10 9.0 5 32 2 2 2 2 0 4 2.40 W (10-4) CLE Jun 28 (1) W, 8-2 at Tigers Start 11 9.0 5 34 2 2 0 3 0 5 2.38 W (11-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Jul 02 W, 10-9 at Orioles Start 5.0 6 25 6 6 1 4 0 9 2.64 CLE Jul 06 W, 6-4 vs Senators Start 8.2 11 41 4 4 0 4 1 15 2.72 W (12-4) CLE Jul 11 W, 3-1 vs Red Sox Start 12 9.0 10 37 1 1 0 1 0 8 2.63 W (13-4) CLE Jul 19 W, 3-1 at Twins Start 13 9.0 3 30 1 1 0 0 0 14 2.55 W (14-4) CLE Jul 23 W, 5-2 vs White Sox Start 14 9.0 10 37 2 2 0 1 0 9 2.53 W (15-4) CLE Jul 28 L, 2-5 vs Twins Start 7.0 8 32 4 4 2 2 0 4 2.62 L (15-5) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Aug 01 W, 3-2 at White Sox Start 15 9.0 6 37 2 0 0 3 0 8 2.50 W (16-5) CLE Aug 05 L, 3-7 vs Yankees Start 4.2 5 25 4 4 2 6 0 4 2.62 L (16-6) CLE Aug 09 (1) L, 3-7 at Senators Start 5.2 6 29 6 6 1 7 0 4 2.79 L (16-7) CLE Aug 13 W, 4-3 at A's Start 16 9.0 3 34 3 0 0 4 0 9 2.68 W (17-7) CLE Aug 17 L, 0-3 at Angels Start 7.0 5 27 2 2 1 0 1 5 2.68 L (17-8) CLE Aug 21 W, 6-3 vs A's Start 5.1 7 25 2 2 1 2 1 7 2.70 W (18-8) CLE Aug 25 L, 2-4 vs Brewers Start 8.0 5 30 2 2 1 2 0 12 2.68 CLE Aug 29 W, 14-1 vs Angels Start 17 9.0 5 36 1 1 0 6 0 6 2.62 W (19-8) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record CLE Sep 02 L, 1-4 at Senators Start 7.1 10 37 4 4 0 1 5 6 2.69 L (19-9) CLE Sep 07 (1) L, 3-4 vs Red Sox Start 7.0 4 29 3 3 0 6 0 5 2.72 L (19-10) CLE Sep 12 W, 4-3 vs Yankees Start 8.0 7 35 3 2 1 4 0 8 2.70 CLE Sep 17 W, 6-2 vs Tigers Start 18 9.0 7 35 2 2 0 1 0 9 2.68 W (20-10) CLE Sep 22 L, 2-8 at Red Sox Start 4.0 9 24 8 8 2 3 0 3 2.89 L (20-11) CLE Sep 27 L, 3-4 vs Orioles Start 19 9.0 5 37 4 4 1 6 0 8 2.92 L (20-12)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      20  12   2.92   39  39  19   2   0   1  305.0  236  1258  108   99  25  121  10  304   24-15  4.10 runs/start
As closer        1   1   4.50    2   2   0   2   0   0   16.0   21    78    8    8   0    5   6   21    1-1   3.50 runs/start

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              183   15   33   63   3   3   7   14   0   1   19   0   0   64   6  .180  .344  .257  .602
vs RHB              924   84  203  291  28   3  18   77   2  10  102  10   7  240  16  .220  .315  .308  .622

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home            10   6   3.23   21  21   8   1   0   0  164.1  144   690   62   59  16   70   2  160   13-8   4.67 runs/start
Road            10   6   2.56   18  18  11   1   0   1  140.2   92   568   46   40   9   51   8  144   11-7   3.44 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day             10   4   2.52   16  16  10   0   0   1  132.1   97   539   41   37   7   56   0  127   11-5   4.62 runs/start
Night           10   8   3.23   23  23   9   2   0   0  172.2  139   719   67   62  18   65  10  177   13-10  3.74 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            3   2   2.52    5   5   3   0   0   0   39.1   28   165   13   11   1   20   0   40    3-2   3.60 runs/start
May              4   1   2.44    7   7   4   0   0   1   59.0   40   234   17   16   5   19   2   71    4-3   3.71 runs/start
June             4   1   2.21    7   7   4   0   0   0   57.0   36   217   14   14   6   19   0   40    6-1   4.71 runs/start
July             4   1   3.40    6   6   3   1   0   0   47.2   48   202   18   18   3   12   1   59    5-1   4.83 runs/start
August           4   3   2.65    8   8   3   0   0   0   57.2   42   243   22   17   6   30   2   55    4-4   4.38 runs/start
September        1   4   4.67    6   6   2   1   0   0   44.1   42   197   24   23   4   21   5   39    2-4   3.17 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Angels           1   2   1.80    4   4   1   0   0   0   30.0   22   122    6    6   1   13   1   20    2-2   4.50 runs/start
A's              3   0   2.08    4   4   2   0   0   0   30.1   20   120   10    7   4   11   1   38    4-0   4.50 runs/start
Brewers          1   0   1.59    2   2   1   0   0   0   17.0    7    60    3    3   1    3   0   20    1-1   3.00 runs/start
Orioles          0   2   5.75    3   3   1   0   0   0   20.1   14    87   13   13   2   15   0   28    1-2   5.00 runs/start
Red Sox          3   2   3.32    5   5   3   0   0   1   38.0   30   153   14   14   3   13   0   34    3-2   3.60 runs/start
Royals           0   0   3.24    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.1    5    41    3    3   0    8   2   10    0-1   3.00 runs/start
Senators         2   2   4.99    4   4   1   2   0   0   30.2   35   145   18   17   1   17   6   35    2-2   4.75 runs/start
Tigers           3   1   2.45    4   4   3   0   0   0   33.0   22   127   10    9   3   10   0   20    3-1   4.50 runs/start
Twins            3   1   2.70    4   4   2   0   0   0   33.1   26   137   10   10   3    9   0   34    3-1   3.75 runs/start
White Sox        2   1   1.03    3   3   3   0   0   0   26.1   21   104    6    3   1    6   0   32    2-1   3.00 runs/start
Yankees          2   1   3.35    5   5   2   0   0   0   37.2   34   162   15   14   6   16   0   33    3-2   4.20 runs/start

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